Finance Tips and Insights - Smart Property Investment

Property investment is often regarded as a game of finance. Here’s how you can best understand the financing options and strategies to suit your portfolio.

Finance • 15 Aug 2023

Aussies in over their heads as insurance premiums rise 28%

Australians just experienced the biggest rise in their home insurance premiums than at any point over the past two decades, according to new data.

Finance • 07 Aug 2023

Refinancing opportunities for investors: Taking advantage of lower assessment rates

In recent times, there have been significant shifts in the lending landscape, especially for investors looking to refinance their loans.

Finance • 01 Aug 2023

Property Finance Uncut: The potential for future rate changes

In this episode, Smart Property Investment’s Phil Tarrant and Finni Mortgages’ chief executive, Paul Glossop, discuss the current state of Australian lenders and the...

Finance • 01 Aug 2023

RBA hands down August cash rate call

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has released its final winter cash rate call for 2023.

Finance • 31 Jul 2023

Explained: Why rate calls risk upsetting Australia’s residential building industry

With the latest figures from Australia’s Consumer Price Index indicating that inflation is easing, eyes are now on the RBA, as the central bank uses this as a key...

Finance • 28 Jul 2023

‘Accidental investing’: Behind the strategy of getting your home paid off faster

A lot of Australians have the goal of amassing a small property investment portfolio. Yet many do not, instead focusing their savings elsewhere and looking just to pay...

Finance • 14 Jul 2023

RBA restructuring takes shape

Following the release of a wide-ranging review of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in April, after which the central bank accepted all the 51 recommendations made,...

Finance • 04 Jul 2023

Property Finance Uncut: Is this the game-changing rate pause borrowers are waiting for?

With the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announcing its monetary policy decision for July, borrowers are now left to ponder if the latest move indicates the central bank...

Finance • 04 Jul 2023

Are government grants hurting housing affordability?

An economist with RMIT has urged the government to stop “pumping money into the housing market”.

Finance • 03 Jul 2023

Reminder: NSW’s new stamp duty scheme kicks off on 1 July

They were promised during Chris Minns’ election campaign and now the state’s updated stamp duty provisions have come into effect.